Airports Company South Africa, Cape Town International Airport (ACSA CTIA)
will be hosting Good Hope FM’s “Keeping Cape Town Warm” campaign on Wednesday,
25 July 2012 from 09:00 to 12:00 midday. The airport will be donating R80 000
worth of goods to the station as part of its Corporate Social Investment Winter
Warmer campaign. "As a business, we run airports but that is not the
only focus – contributing to the development and upliftment of the communities
around the airport is an important aspect of our business," said Deborah
Francis, Acting Communications Manager, Cape Town International Airport. “This
time of the year, on an annual basis, we usually run our winter warmer campaign
as part of our outreach programmes. This year we also decided to partner with
Good Hope FM in their “Keeping Cape Town Warm” campaign as it is in line with
our own campaign to assist the less fortunate as they face the chilly Cape Town
weather with little or no warm clothing or food to keep them warm. We have
purchased jackets, jerseys, pillows, shoes, warm tops and track pants for adults
and kids as well as blankets, duvets, raincoats and non-perishable food items to
mention a few” The airport was also approached by Africa Tikkun, an organisation it has
supported before, with a request to assist a woman from Mfuleni with three
children. The woman recently lost everything when her home in an informal
settlement burnt down. As part of its Winter Warmer campaign, ACSA CTIA will be
donating a R10 000 Makro voucher to her that will assist in purchasing some of
the items she lost in the fire such as blankets, clothes, kitchen utensils,
pots, pans, food and so forth. “Through such initiatives, we continuously strive
to positively impact the communities in which the airport operates through our
corporate social responsibility programmes,” concluded Francis.
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